Doug Semones, who has been coaching football for 24 years, joins
the Yale staff as the new outside linebackers coach. Semones, a
former Arena Football League and Indoor Professional Football
League assistant, comes to the Bulldogs after spending the last two
years as the defensive coordinator at Sandpoint High School in
Idaho. His college coaching experience came from three years
(1996-98) at the University of Hawaii, where he handled the
defensive line, special teams and tight ends. Semones also worked
the 1994 and 1995 Hula Bowls (collegiate all-star games). He left
the Rainbows to be the defensive coordinator for the IPFL Hawaii
Hammerheads for a season before serving in the same role with the
AFL 2 Hawaii Islanders. Semones was also the head football coach at
Kahuku High School in Hawaii, where he also coached baseball,
wrestling and track. He was an all-league defensive back at
California Lutheran University, where he received his B.A. in 1983.
He and his wife, Linda, have two children, Jake (18) and Catherine
(15). Contact Coach Semone:douglas.semones@yale.edu